John O'Driscoll (born 26 November 1952) is an Irish former rugby union player.
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player, winning 26 caps at flanker. He toured

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in 1980 and

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in 1983 with the British Lions, earning six Test caps. At the time he played club rugby for

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and captained the Exiles team that reached the final of the 1980 John Player Cup. He played for Connacht at interprovincial level. His older brother Barry O'Driscoll was also capped for Ireland. Former Lions captain

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is related to the brothers.

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1953 births Living people Connacht Rugby players Irish rugby union players Ireland international rugby union players London Irish players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Ireland Rugby union flankers People educated at Stonyhurst College Place of birth missing (living people) John Irish Exiles non-playing staff Manchester Rugby Club players Irish expatriate rugby union players in England Rugby union players from County Dublin {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub